The
civil list is the
tax-payers' money that is given to the
monarch and immediate members of the
royal family in the
UK, in order to perform their state duties and keep the royal household. The civil list is effectively the royal's
salary[?].
In 2002 the civil list was £8,153,000 (GBP)
- BBC Royal Accounts 2002 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2002/the_royal_accounts/civil_list.stm)